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Let’s Ride!🏇📚🤓
Scotty Stockdale, like me, wasn’t the smartest person in the operations’ training program at New Johnsonville Fossil Plant, but he damn sure wasn’t a dumbest either. Stockdale would outwork anybody. And when it came down to a nut cutting below a red-hot silo fire—stoked with several hundred tons of burning …
How Many ATYR Shares Do CountryDumbs Control?🗳️
Now that so much drama has occurred with recent short attacks and market volatility, I’m curious how many shares this community still owns after “paying back the house?” If you own shares…VOTE! Pick the option that best describes your individual position. Thx, Tweedle [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/1msp745)
Epic Strikeout in Victoria’s Secret🤦♀️😳✅
I don’t remember when the change occurred exactly, but sometime in my early twenties, I realized the fear of the what-if and maybe was a helluva lot scarier than the fear of striking out. I started chasing stories, no matter where they led, because I knew if I only tried, …
Gramps: On Debt Management☠️🩸☠️🩸☠️
Most all businesses have to utilize a little credit from time to time. Same is true with most families. But when dealing with bankers, it’s important to take the farmer’s advice and NEVER overextend yourself. The same rules apply to using leverage in the stock market. Food for thought.🧐 -Tweedle
Are You Prepared for an Economic Winter?
I’ve been getting a couple of messages about my thoughts on Warren Buffett’s new purchase of UnitedHealth shares. And while I don’t have any direct views on Berkshire Hathaway’s new stake in a health insurance business, I do think it’s an excellent time for everyday retail investors to learn exactly …
Barnburner .9% July PPI Chills Markets, 10-Year Bond Holds Firm
Wholesale prices jumped to .9% in July, more than tripling expectations. The number lowered expectations of a shoo-in rate cut in September, and reignited debate over whether tariffs are inflationary, or simply a one-time pass-through price increase. Political banter over the government’s statistics-gathering process continued. Long-term treasuries held firm while …
The Early Years: Picking Up Walnuts
Over and over again, people continue to ask about my background as if hoping to learn about some secret edge or mentor who might have helped me learn how to play in the stock market. And although I always knew the long answer to these inquiries, more timely subjects were …
Little Brother and the Ritz Cracker Splurge
Some of the greatest learning opportunities in investing come as a byproduct of epic failures, and by god, I’ve had plenty. But none of them was nearly as funny as what happened in the days that followed what I considered my first “big lick” in the market. I don’t remember …
Dear CountryDumb Community
I just wanted to say thanks for all the messages and well wishes while I was in the hospital dealing with another round of mental-health challenges. And though being poked with needles and eating three daily helpings of some of the shittiest hospital food on Earth is never enjoyable, there’s …